Italian policemen detain a man suspected to be member of an armed organisation inspired by al Qaeda in this still image taken from a video released by Italian Police April 24, 2015. REUTERS/Italian Police/Handout via Reuters
ROME (Reuters) - Italian police on Friday arrested 10 people and were looking for eight others suspected of belonging to an armed group linked to al Qaeda who had plotted attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan and at least at one point the Vatican.
Some of the suspects, who are all Pakistanis and Afghans, were arrested in early morning raids across Italy. Police burst into the home of the group's suspected spiritual leader, in the northern city of Bergamo, a video released by them showed.
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